The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In today’s show, learn about Minecraft EDU and how it is being used to teach. Book Creator for Chrome. Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. This is great news!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Roanoke added Minecraft: Education Edition to the district’s Microsoft campus agreement as a pilot project in 2017; now the software has been rolled out to 14,000 students district-wide. Thanks to a strategic approach to PD and support, teacher collaboration has skyrocketed, kindergartners are coding and students are excited about learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Her new book Sketchnotes for Educators: 100 Inspiring Illustrations for Lifelong Learners is a MUST BUY for every teacher and administrator. SMART Learning Suite is today’s sponsor. Register for my free Differentiating Instruction with Technology webinar sponsored by SMART Learning Suite next Thursday, February 9 at 4pm.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

“I never want to make claims that games writ-large for any kid—under any circumstances—teach these sort of skills.” Instead of learning from a combination of books, lectures and software, as students do at most schools, the primary mode of instruction for kids attending Quest to Learn is games.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Get a 45-day free trial of SmartLab Game-Based Learning Software. SMART Learning Suite is today’s sponsor. Register for my free Differentiating Instruction with Technology webinar sponsored by SMART Learning Suite next Thursday, February 9 at 4pm. He is one of the Lead Organizers of edcampNJ. Stay tuned!

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 7, 2020

Game Based Learning is a great way to integrate technology into the classroom as well generate excitement for students. 50 Sites/Apps for Educational Games ABCya - A great site for games and mobile apps for elementary students. Educandy - A excellent site where educators can create educational games and activities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

PHARRELL TEACHES GARAGEBAND: Apple has a new book on the shelf: Tuniversity , a project co-founded by Pharrell Williams that aims to “reinvigorate” music education by helping teachers use Apple’s Garageband in the classroom. The book costs $4.99 the game-based learning platform, is going mobile. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?:

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

In high school, students might be asked to design a building using drafting software, math, and physics skills to create their final product. D2L's Resources for Teaching and Learning. Webinars —covering topics such as using video in K-12 classrooms, game-based learning, and journaling.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2018

Those who are doing it passively — either watching a teacher do something or reading a book or watching a video — tend not to be as motivated to enjoy the subject.”. How would you define active learning? And so we got out some MacBooks, and we opened up LoggerPro which is a program for Vernier Software. Vicki: Yeah.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Also, for those of you who have emailed me about your entry yesterday, it takes 24 hours for iTunes to show reviews, so we’ll hold off on giving away Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen’s iPad book until tomorrow when your reviews start showing up! ” Get your 45-day free Trial of Smart Lab for Game-Based Learning.

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

We’ve made the full recording available as usual, via this direct link or the following embed: Inspired by her recent book, The Test , I began the conversation by asking how testing may change over the next few years, according to what the author learned from researching its history. BOTH IN BOOK.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Gee lives on a small farm, and when he’s not busy feeding donkeys or mashing buttons, he’s writing about what he’s learning about learning from video games. Gee has authored and edited many books examining the intersection between gaming and learning (in addition to his prolific writing on literacy and theoretical linguistics).

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

Kennesaw State University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning has a robust directory of teacher conferences; you can search by subject area and location. Educational software company Vernier , for example, makes finding training opportunities as easy as searching by zip code.

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The Game Agency

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Make the experience fun and challenging but not so hard that your learners give up before they learn new information or practice critical skills. • Make it pretty. Visual design is important because, unfortunately, people do judge books by their covers. • Keep it simple. The shorter your training, the better.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

Students engage in content creation , with the mantra "Earning your learning", by a variety of iPad apps and accessibility features. Supporting students to create their own social stories, listen to their own e-books, engage in ed-gaming and more will encourage independent life-long learning and skills.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

x11” page size, so if I want it to look like a real book or possibly print it as a real book, and then you just go to Download As… and you can download it as a PDF. If you want to use a clip, you don’t have to download it and open it in some fancy software to edit it down to what you just want to use. So I can create an 8.5”x11”

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

The Lumio team is excited to roll out our integration with Canva for Education,” said Dan McMahon, Lumio Vice President of Software. This collaboration reinforces our commitment to inspiring creativity, saving teachers’ time, and creating an active learning environment that is accessible and collaborative for all.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

You can only do that if you know how to use technology, especially really fabulous software, which teachers who use technology know how to find. She’s author of the book Social LEADia. Kecia: Fourth is 24-7 learning and teaching. Vicki: And this is so important! Vicki: Excellent. And that is very true. What’s our fourth?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

And HMH is pumping out books and digital games at getaway car speeds. Much like Carmen herself, the games have also gotten an upgrade. Players still race to retrieve ransacked rarities, but the adventures are shorter and the clues simpler than the epic games of yore. “The

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MindShift

JULY 29, 2015

Luhtala has used augmented reality to attach student-created video book reviews to titles in the library. iLearn United States : This game-like app has a learn mode and a game mode. Students acquire facts about a state like its state flower and flag and then use that information in a game, scoring points against a clock.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Conference strands include Teaching with Technology, Student Devices, Online Learning, Subject Specific Ed Tech, Creative Ed Tech, Web 2.0 & Social Software, and Administrative Support. Game Based Learning, Dyslexia, and Reading Comprehension. Books Gone Wild.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

I highly recommend this book. It is taking me a while to convert my most popular speeches like “Differentiating Instruction with Technology” to the new software, but after I do, I’m so much happier with the flow of the presentation. If you use Keynote, learn how to use Magic Move. It is a great one! .

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

. “Please let The Friendship Code and its tech-savvy girls be the new Baby-Sitters Club,” writes Techcrunch’s Devin Coldewey , although he admits he has never read any of The Baby-Sitters Club books. Via The AP : “ Learning software in classrooms earns praise, causes debate.” ” 1600 cameras.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Typically this project has taken all of November and all of December to write, based on all the Friday "week-in-reviews" that I’d written over the course of the year. Carnegie Mellon announced it would open source its digital learning software. Something about "learning engineers".

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting lockdowns and social distancing mandates, there has been a growing need for schools to adopt online school management software for a variety of functions, everything from virtual instruction to communication with student families to operational tasks. –Joy Smithson, Ph.D.,

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